Abstract: If an individual was considered “gay” in the past, he/she would be subject to criticism, more in the form of mockery. This was broadly viewed as “uncatholic” in societies where people were expected to follow the common norms and mores like growing up, getting married and having children according to society’s established ways of living. Anything viewed outside this context would be highly criticised hence discarded by most of the members. This unconventional behaviour could be associated with people liking and living with those of the same sex-whether they could be both men and women. This later included people who are transgender like a male-looking individual having female genital organs or vice-versa. There are also people who could love both men and women known as bisexuals. Coming back to the discussion dealing with diversity, it can be generally claimed that organisations ignore the issue thinking that all workers are at least “morally correct”. Any behaviour that would go against conventional ones would be immediately looked down upon. But how is this possible at the workplace when people might be overly hesitant to state that their sexual behaviour is totally different from the rest? It can be broadly known male employees who have a more feminine attitude than others could be considered as “sissy” and be the centre of mockery or fun with the other colleagues. Being gay, lesbian or transsexual are terms that are usually less spoken at work although progress has been made on this issue regarding the need to overcome discrimination and see things in a positive manner. This review of LGBT workers analyses discrimination of such workers based from stigma against homosexuality but opens up to the wider picture that covers both ongoing discrimination and the way forward where governments are trying their best to include LGBT within diversity. The impending problems awaits firm solutions and resolutions and this is the purpose of the study that debates such a “hot” issue claiming that it has not yet received the expected response within workplace diversity.
Keywords: LGBT, diversity, integration, discrimination, inclusion.
Title: Embracing LGBT Issues in Workplace Diversity-The Way Forward
Author: Dr Nirmal Kumar Betchoo
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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